how to say “fertility” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פּוֹרִיּוּת
The word for fertility in Hebrew is פוריות[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /], which comes from the blessing in Genesis of God to humanity:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ (בראשית א’, כ”ח)
Be fruitful and multiply and fill the land (Genesis 1:28)
The root of פוריות is root פ.ר.י/פ.ר.ה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] – fruit.
You may have noticed that the subjects of the Daily Doses of the past three days – להפריד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] (to separate), לפרוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] (to unload) and פוריות – all have פ.ר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]. as their first two root letters. This פ.ר (as well as פ.ל[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /]) sub-root has to do with splitting off: there’s separation, unloading of material from their container, and פרי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/פוריות-#.m4a” /] – fruit, which ultimately falls off of the tree.